Person:Jonas Humfrey (1)
Jonas Humfrey
b.Est 1587 Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England (possibly)
d.9 Mar 1662 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
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  • H.  Jonas HumfreyEst 1587 - 1662
  • W.  Frances ColeyEst 1587 - 1617/18
m. 11 Jun 1607
  1. Elizabeth Humfrey1608 - 1608
  2. Elder James HumfreyCal 1609 - 1686
  3. Sarah Humfrey1613 - 1638
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m. 8 Nov 1619
  1. Deacon Jonas Humfrey1621 - 1698/99
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  • H.  Jonas HumfreyEst 1587 - 1662
  • W.  Jane ClappEst 1600 - 1668
m. Aft 29 Oct 1659
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Name[1][2] Jonas Humfrey
Alt Name[3][4] Jonas Humphrey
Gender Male
Birth[2][3] Est 1587 Wendover, Buckinghamshire, England (possibly)
Marriage 11 Jun 1607 Wendover, Buckinghamshire, Englandto Frances Coley
Marriage 8 Nov 1619 Turville, Buckinghamshire, Englandto Elizabeth Seamer
Other[3][5] 13 May 1640 Admitted freeman of Massachusetts Bay as ("Jonas Humphryes").
Marriage Aft 29 Oct 1659 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States (probably)After death of her first husband.
to Jane Clapp
Death[2][3] 9 Mar 1662 Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
References
  1. ↑ Jonas Humfrey, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Directory. (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jun 2015)
    174.

    "Humfrey, Jonas: Wendover, Buckinghamshire; 1637; Dedham, Dorchester [DeTR 1:42; DTR 24, 30; DChR 4; NEHGR 5:243, 18:328-30; MBCR 1:377; TAG 68:14-22]."

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nicholson, Frederick J. The Family of Jonas1 Humfrey of Dorchester, Massachusetts: With Notes on the Origins of Ralph1 and Katherine (Foster) Tomkins of Dorchester and Thomas1 Foster of Weymouth, Massachusetts. American Genealogist (D.L. Jacobus). (Jan 1993)
    68:19-20.

    "Jonas1 Humfrey was born circa 1587 and died in Dorchester, Massachusetts, on 9 March 1661/2 (Chamberlain's Weymouth, 3:301-2). … Jonas Humphrey first appears in New England records at Dorchester, Massachusetts, on 10 September 1637 (Boston Rec. Comm. Rep., 4[2nd ed., 1883]:24."

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 1. Jonas Humphrey, Sr., in Chamberlain, George Walter. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. (Weymouth, Massachusetts: Weymouth Historical Society, under direction of the town, 1923)
    3:301-02.

    "1. Jonas Humphrey, Sr., with his family, came to Dorchester from Wendover, Buckinghamshire, Eng., arriving 9 Sept. 1637. He was born near 1587 and died at Dorchester, 9 Mar. 1661-62. … joined the First Church of Dorchester …, 6 Nov. 1639. He served a warrant as constable of Wendover, 20 June, 1632. His marriage was recorded on the parish register of Wendover, and probably the baptisms of his children are also there recorded. He was made a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, 16 [13] May, 1640."

  4. ↑ Jonas Humphrey, in Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
    2:497.

    "Jonas (Humphrey), Dorchester 1634 [1637], tanner, whose pits were employ. by six generat. of most worthy descend.; was from Wendover, Co. Bucks, where he was, it is said, the constable, came with ch. James, Jonas, and prob. Eliz. and Susanna, perhaps with w. Frances, whose d. Sarah was bur. here Sept. 1638. For sec. w. he had Jane, wid. of George Weeks, wh. d. 2 Aug. 1668. He d. 19 Mar. 1662. His will of 12 Mar. pro. 17 Apr. of that yr. in Vol. I. 381, names only w. s. Jonas, gr.-ch. Eliz. Foy and d. Susanna, w. of Nicholas White."

  5. ↑ Paige, Lucius R. List of Freemen. New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Jan, Apr, Jul, Oct 1849)
    3:187.
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